Japan postcard flown on the Graf Zeppelin's 1929 Weltrundflug / Round-the-world (RTW) flight. '17 CV EUR550. With Round the World Flight Tokyo cachet and Los Angeles receiver.

Japan cover flown on the Graf Zeppelin's 1929 Weltrundflug / Round-the-world (RTW) flight. '17 CV EUR550. With Round the World Flight Tokyo cachet and Los Angeles receiver. Slihgtly worn, good condition, as per scans.

Japan postcard flown on the Graf Zeppelin's 1929 Weltrundflug / Round-the-world (RTW) flight. Mi31Ea, '17 CV EUR750 for the flight. A historic covers, signed by two passengers, Jack C Richardson and CE Rosendahl (commander of the American Zeppelin USS Los Angeles), as representatives of the US government.

Japan postcard flown on the Graf Zeppelin's 1929 Weltrundflug / Round-the-world (RTW) flight. Mi31Ea, '17 CV EUR750.

Japan cover flown on the Graf Zeppelin's 1929 Weltrundflug / Round-the-world (RTW) flight. Mi32Ea, '17 CV EUR750++ - unusual in that it bears both the Los Angeles and the Lakehurst arrival marks.

Original SABANGBAAI postcard from German WWI Kriegsgefangen / POW of Kiautschou, China, aboard the Japanese steamer KIFUKU MARU, being transported home after the war. A bit worn; stamp has fallen off, genuinely used condition, as per scans.

Original censored postcard from German WWI Kriegsgefangen / POW of Kiautschou, China, in Kobe, awaiting transport home aboard the Japanese steamer HIMALAYA MARU. Sent to colleague still in the KURUME camp. "We're here since yesterday and are ready to go, have ripped off a number and spent a beautiful night. We're leaving tomorrow...

Original cover from Georg Keiper, German professor and former WWI Kriegsgefangen / POW of Kiautschou, China (Osaka and then Ninoshima camps), now working as a mining engineer with Anzan Steel Works in South Manchuria, on corner cover of the South Manchuria Railway Company. With typewritten contents accompanying sand and drill cores, sent to Yamato Hotel in Dairen. Very unusual. There is a nice biography of Professor Keiper (in German) on Tsingtau.org.

Original cover from Aron Bruck, former WWI Kriegsgefangen / POW of Kiautschou, China (Oita and then Naroshino camps), now working as a mining engineer with the South Manchuria Railway Company in Fushun [Coal] Mine, South Manchuria. With long, contents, sent to Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan. Very unusual.

Original postcard from WWI Kriegsgefangen / POW of Kiautschou, China in the KUMAMOTO camp to a friend in the OSAKA camp. A bit worn; good, genuinely used condition, as per scans.

Original Chinese Mounted Policeman postcard from Tsingtau to WWI Kriegsgefangen / POW of Kiautschou, China in the Osaka camp. A bit worn; good, genuinely used condition, as per scans.

Original postcard from Goettingen to WWI Kriegsgefangen / POW of Kiautschou, China in the KURUME camp. A bit worn; good, genuinely used condition, as per scans.

Original postcard of German WWI Kriegsgefangen / POW of Kiautschou, China, waiting in Kobe, Japan to be transported home after the war -- from the contents that seems to be on Feb 20th. A bit worn, good, genuinely used condition, as per scans.

Japanese postcard used with HAKODOTE cancel. This is from a sailor of the Imperial Austrian Panzerschiff SMS Franz Josef I in China for service in the East Asia station, watching over the Empire's interests in China. A bit worn, good used condition, as per scans.

Japanese Bridge of Koya, Tsuruga postcard used with TSURUGA cancel. This is from a sailor of the Imperial Austrian Panzerschiff SMS Franz Josef I in China for service in the East Asia station, watching over the Empire's interests in China. A bit worn, good used condition, as per scans.